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Minstrel : (noun)
1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer,
troubadour]
2: a performer in a minstrel show
(verb)
1: celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Minstrel : \Min"strel\, n. [OE. minstrel, menestral, OF.
menestrel, fr. LL. ministerialis servant, workman (cf.
ministrellus harpist), fr. L. ministerium service. See
Ministry, and cf. Ministerial.]
In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by
the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the
accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times,
a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Minstrel : (Matt. 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual
accompaniment of funerals. In 2 Kings 3:15 it denotes a player
on a stringed instrument.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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